James Conway (5964 and 303164) was attested in TF of A&SH in 1912 and embodied on 5/8/1914. He was killed in action on 6/3/1917. I thought he would have been entitled to the 14 or 14/15 star but it doesn't show on his medal card, instead it says he got the TF war medal. His service records survive but there are rips and blotches in crucial places! Is it possible that he was on home service for a while before going overseas?

Sandra - also The Territorial Force War Medal was a campaign medal awarded to members of the British Territorial Force and Territorial Force Nursing Services who served overseas in World War I; it is the rarest of the five British Great War medals.

There are a couple of reports in the Stirling Observer (27 & 31 March and 7 April 1917) about his death. In spite of (because of?) him being a miner at Millhall Colliery and a member of the Territorials, he was considered to be unfit for overseas service. However his health improved and he went to France._________________Ken

Wow, thanks again Ken! I have 7 pages of his service papers but I've renamed them all so .....! I don't seem to have the Active Service one, no worries, you've given me the info I was looking for.

I have the Stirling Observer report of 27 March but not the 7 April one; I'll have to look for it.

That is really interesting about the Territorial Force medal. I haven't come across it before. From reading the Wiki article it seems James volunteered for overseas service, was considered unfit for it and then when his health improved was sent abroad. Because he didn't SERVE overseas in 1914-15 he wasn't eligible for the star medal but because he VOLUNTEERED to do so, he got the Territorial Force medal. Have I got that right or am I way off target?